‘I Think Things Are Going to Be Bad, Really Bad’: The US Military Debates Possible Deployment on US Soil Under Trump
‘I Think Things Are Going to Be Bad, Really Bad’: The US Military Debates Possible Deployment on US Soil Under Trump
17 comments
-
Yes, they are.
The US has at best stood idly by as other countries have been forced to live under the thumbs of murderous psychopaths (and all too often has been at least partially responsible for it), but now we're about to discover first hand what it's like.
The only saving grace of Trump's first term was the notable gap between what he wanted to do and what he actually could do, and this time around, he's even more bitter and spiteful and unhinged, and with the help of his patrons and cronies, has deliberately arranged things so that nobody can stand in his way.
I'm quite seriously not going to be the least bit surprised if he ends up up on the short list of all time mass murderers, right up alongside Stalin, Mao, Hitler and Pol Pot. I don't think it's a question of whether or not he would do it - he most definitely would. The only question is whether he'll be able to.
-
There's also a heavy irony in the fact that the US made a whole career last century out of meddling in other countries' elections to put murderous psychopaths in power, for reasons of our own, with absolutely no regard for the catastrophic suffering they were going to cause.
Now we're about to find out how it feels, I think. I hope I am wrong.
-
I’m quite seriously not going to be the least bit surprised if he ends up up on the short list of all time mass murderers, right up alongside Stalin, Mao, Hitler and Pol Pot. I don’t think it’s a question of whether or not he would do it - he most definitely would. The only question is whether he’ll be able to.
Luckily he's far older than any of those people were. Plus I don't think he's trying to speed run a genocide. Trump's more concerned with himself, so at least we've got that. But also I'd say he has far more in common with Mussolini. One of the worst world leaders in modern history, sure, but he's gonna die long before anything as extreme as Hitler or Pol Pot happens. A Stalin-like dictatorship seems plausible, but not within the next few years - it would have to be something his successor does. Whatever Trump's long term goals are, I'm confident it will all fall apart when he dies.
-
The counter point to this definitely being, what happens when Trump ages out? He is going to be replaced, and his replacement could be far younger, with more ambition and efficiency in pursuing political goals. The Trump movement (basically conservative fascism) will not die with him, its going to be championed by the right as their own political goals. Its not Trump im afraid of, its all the people/minds that he has influenced and put in positions of power.
-
Mm... yeah, now that you mention it, there is likely still a gap between what Trump would do and what he'll be able to do, just dictated this time around by age rather than checks and balances.
I guess that's something...
-
-
We just need one general to push the orange fuck out a window and return democracy to the people.Tall order I know but its really our only hope.
-
-
The American public and military are going to find out how special America isn’t.
On purpose.
-
Basically this whole thing reads that if Trump follows the letter of the law, even if it violates the constitution as most people understand it, then they have to follow the orders, even if it obviously violates the spirit of the law.
17 comments